William Emerson

[Matthew P Wiener]

>But...the question I have which I haven't seen addressed yet, and
>please forgive me if it has been, concerns William Emerson, the
>high-flyer of Hurworth and Dixon's teacher.  Is he historical?  My
>Britannica doesn't show him.

Try Tim Ware's M&D webpage instead.  The information was obtained by
looking him up in an on-line library catalogue.  Historical sources
on JD confirm his existence.
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-Matthew P Wiener (weemba at sagi.wistar.upenn.edu)